Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

